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What is a conspiracy theory?
Conspiracy means that people get together in secret. These people are called conspirators. They want to achieve a common goal. However, the goal often harms other people, so they keep it secret. A conspiracy theory is an assumption about such a conspiracy.
In a conspiracy theory, there are assumptions and thoughts about how something could have happened. There are assumptions about what a group of conspirators might have done or planned.
People who believe in a conspiracy theory are also called conspiracy theorists.
There is a well-known conspiracy theory about the first moon landing, for example, which states that the first landing on the moon did not take place. The film footage of the moon landing was made in a film studio. But that is wrong. There are satellite images on which the landing sites of the astronauts can be seen. You can also see materials that were left behind during the landing.
A conspiracy theory mixes reality and invented facts.
How can you recognise conspiracy theories?
Conspiracy theorists ask:
Who has benefited from something? If they have found someone, they believe that they are to blame. Sometimes certain people are also said to be guilty! An example: In many shops you are now supposed to pay with a debit card. You are supposed to pay without cash. Some conspiracy theorists therefore say that powerful people in the financial world have always wanted to take cash away from us. They are now achieving their goal because you are supposed to pay with a debit card. Therefore, these people from the financial world are to blame for the coronavirus.
Conspiracy theorists think that those who profit from a crisis must be to blame.
Another conspiracy theory says that Bill Gates is responsible for the coronavirus. He and his wife Melinda Gates are said to have created the coronavirus. They want to rule the world and control humanity through compulsory vaccinations.
Bill Gates is very rich. He founded the computer company Microsoft. He has been campaigning for health protection for many years. For example, he has given a lot of money to the World Health Organisation.
Conspiracy theorists believe that he is only doing this to rule the world and to make a lot of money from vaccines. Some conspiracy theorists also believe that Bill Gates wants to misuse the fast mobile internet 5G. They believe that he wants to use it to control people. In this conspiracy theory, Bill Gates is the bad guy.
However, it is often impossible to make a clear distinction between good and evil. Many things have both good and bad sides. Many things have different sides. They are complex. Opinions and decisions are also complex. Opinions have good and bad sides. Decisions can harm some people and the same decision can benefit other people. Conspiracy theories do not take this into account. They make a clear distinction between good and evil. Conspiracy theorists say:
- There are conspirators who are evil.
- There are victims who are good.
Conspiracy theories therefore simplify difficult questions.
Most conspiracy theories have these three characteristics:
1. nothing happens by chance, everything was planned
A group of conspirators acts in secret.
2. nothing is as it seems
You only realise what is really going on when you recognise the secret group. This group has planned everything. When problems arise and questions are asked, conspiracy theorists give similar answers. They say that there is a secret plan behind the conspirators' group.
3 Everything is connected
Institutions and people work together that you would never have thought.
These characteristics also show that conspiracy theories cannot be true:
1. there are coincidences in our world.
2. not everything in our world can be explained very simply.
3. not all events in our world are connected.
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?
People feel the need to explain things in the world. But some things are difficult or even impossible to explain. For example, the coronavirus crisis is difficult to explain. The coronavirus crisis can therefore be frightening. Many things can cause fear. Conspiracy theories always provide simple explanations for difficult topics. So they can take away some people's fear. Or they can give them a sense of security. People then have the feeling that they know what's going on and have found an explanation. Or they have found someone to blame through the conspiracy theory. Although this reduces fear, it is a false sense of security.
Some conspiracy theories are harmless: if you don't believe in the moon landing, you don't endanger those around you.
But other conspiracy theories can also cause fear. For example, they can cause fear of the supposed group of conspirators or the end of the world. These conspiracy theories then harm the people who believe in them.
Some conspiracy theories are also dangerous for many people. For example, some people are against vaccination. Conspiracy theorists spread the false theory that vaccination causes autism. If many people believe in this theory, perhaps many people will no longer have their children vaccinated. Dangerous diseases, such as measles, can then spread more quickly.
If people believe that the corona crisis does not exist, this can also be dangerous. These people then don't follow the precautionary measures. They don't wash their hands as often and don't keep their distance. This puts themselves and other people at risk.
People are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories if they are unable to deal with uncertainty. The theories then provide security. During the coronavirus crisis, many people feel insecure. Nobody knows exactly how the coronavirus crisis will continue. That's why conspiracy theories are appealing to many people at the moment.
People feel the need to explain things in the world. However, some things are difficult or even impossible to explain and can be frightening. Conspiracy theories always provide simple explanations for difficult topics.
People feel the need to explain things in the world to themselves. However, some things are difficult or impossible to explain and can cause anxiety. Conspiracy theories always provide simple explanations for difficult topics. (© Pexels )
Where do conspiracy theories come from?
There are three reasons why someone invents or spreads a conspiracy theory:
1. some people believe they have discovered an important piece of information.
They want to do something good for the world. They think they are helping other people with their conspiracy theory. They are convinced of their conspiracy theory themselves.
2. some people make or spread theories because of their political views
They often do not believe in the theory themselves. For example, they invent a theory that says: citizens of a country should be exchanged for refugees. So perhaps some citizens of the country are then against refugees. Such theories are often supported by right-wing or racist groups.
3. some people spread theories in order to make money.
They spread conspiracy theories on YouTube, for example. They then earn money from advertising when many people click on their page. Or people spread conspiracy theories and then sell remedies that are supposed to help against something. Some people spread the false theory that the government is mixing poison into the drinking water. They then sell pills that are supposed to help against the poison. However, the tablets are useless and sometimes even harmful. These three reasons can also be combined. People who believe in a conspiracy theory may also want to make money from it. People who have invented a conspiracy theory may eventually believe in it themselves.
How do you deal with people who are convinced of a conspiracy theory?
Some people firmly believe in a particular conspiracy theory. In such cases, it no longer helps to say: "What you believe is a conspiracy theory." Rather, it can help to ask:
"Where does your information come from?"
"Why do you believe that?"
"Why do you believe a certain author over others?"
Perhaps the person will then think about it and eventually believe less in the conspiracy theory.
It's different for people who don't believe in conspiracy theories at all or just a little. You can explain to them how conspiracy theories work and which ones there are. We have tried to do this in this article.
Where can you find information?
There are many fact-checks on certain TV channels and on the internet.
Once you have fact-checked a theory, you will know better. You can then say something against a conspiracy theory in conversations, in news apps or on the internet. Or you can ask people why they believe in a certain theory. This way, more and more people will know what conspiracy theories are and what can be done about them.
So me and my friends have a roleplay
Whatsapp Group
Anyone in for a conspiracy whatsapp group?
You have to be at least 16 years old.
During a video call with my friend I told her not all Marvel movies have an end credit scene. When I was about tell her what movie doesn’t and the reason why, my screen went black she didn’t hear what I said.
Conspiracy
Leonardo da “Renaissance Man” Vinci is a vampire. Elon Musk is also a vam
Conspiracy Time
The reason sharks have been around for so long is because they’re aliens. Sharks are aliens confirmed.
I think about this every day
I have Webkinz Conspiracy theories and I’m about to make it your problem
So
Within the realm of Webkinz World conspiracies, there are two main categories: the capitalist degradation of Ganz morality, and the highly suspicious activity in Webkinz World itself.
In terms of Ganz, many of us experienced this hell bent spin into darkness in real time. It was always a bit capitalist trash—read, you have to buy a new plush every year—but where it really started to go south was the introduction of Deluxe. For those unfamiliar, Deluxe was a type of pet you could buy, and then pay a monthly fee to maintain your “Deluxe Account”. Deluxe came with benefits like extra gifts, some fun exclusive games, an exclusive chat room, nothing big. But then, it grew. Suddenly, a game that had been open to everyone for years was Deluxe only. Sending packages was a Deluxe only privilege. Throwing parties. Using chat rooms at all. Arcade games dropped like flies to the ever widening net of Deluxe. Only a few months later, the world is in lockdown, only available to the elite—the Deluxe. There’s separate grocery stores, and the regular W store is picked over to the bone. Only 3 arcade games available. No access to the newspaper. You can’t get certain jobs. You can’t GO TO SCHOOL. The only thing you can do, really, is go work in the mines for the curio shop. Margaret Thatcher laughs from her grave.
And surely, surely there is a light at the end of this tunnel, right? Surely someone has realized that Webkinz World is a ghost town because kids aren’t interested in being bogged down by bureaucratic impediments. Sort of. Ganz has made an app game. The Webkinz are 3D. Cute, right? WRONG. THEY ARE THE MOST TERRIFYING HELL BEASTS AND THEY HAUNT MY DREAMS.
Also the first one is free but the rest (surprise!) cost money. And what’s the benefit of having two or more pets? Well, each pet has their own “spark”, and you can combine sparks with another pet to create, I kid you not, a baby Webkinz.
So here we are. Capitalism has lead to Webkinz sex. I hope they’re happy.
NOW. IN WORLD. We have many wholesome characters, right? Arte Fact, Chef Gazpacho, Tabby von Meow, etc. but there are two that I’d like to talk about today: Dr. Quack and Ms. Birdy.
For years, these two have had seemingly no connection to one another. The newspapers start to report them hanging out. Sure. Then, Ms. Birdy’s look changes: maybe you remember. Now, in the W newspaper, she says in an interview that she’s just changed her hair, because a certain “old bird” likes it that way. Soon after, Ms. Birdy and Dr. Quack announce that they’re dating. (I’m not making this up, this was all in those newspapers we skipped over.)
Cute, right? WRONG. HIGHLY SUSPECT.
See, the thing about Ms. Birdy’s makeover is that it wasn’t just her hair that changed. It’s her ENTIRE FACIAL STRUCTURE. Most specifically, her beak. Previously, it had a distinctive penguin shape. After, it’s shaped like what? A DUCK.
That leads us to Dr. Quack’s “retirement”. If you log on today and slough through the ads, if you try to go to Dr. Quack’s office, it says “Dr. Quack has discovered a cure for all Webkinz ailments and has retired!” 1) What the hell. 2) WHY IS HIS CLINIC STILL THERE THEN, HM?
I believe that Dr. Quack had an obsession with Ms. Birdy and did some Frankenstein type shit to either entirely reconstruct her face OR got a duck from somewhere and fooled the rest of Webkinz World into thinking she was the same, murdering the true Ms. Birdy in the process. Now he can forever be with his lady love. But someone (my money’s on Quizzy) caught on, and exposed him for his crimes.
They shut down the clinic and either hid him away or executed him. I don’t know if Ms. Birdy still runs the adoption center, but in the app game, it’s an entirely new person, so she’s essentially disappeared, too. An imposter? A traumatized Ms. Birdy brainwashed by a man who took it too far?
And what is this cure for all webkinz? Seems like real convenient timing. All your Webkinz dying if you didn’t get a new one every year was essentially government mandated execution if you fell behind making your payments to upper ring. Were they also making the Webkinz sick? Did Dr. Quack release periodic viruses to maintain clientele, and now has released us all from our hostage diseases?
I don’t have answers to these. But I know that vaguely Scottish bastard is evil somehow. And we may never know the extent of his crimes.
I have Webkinz Conspiracy theories and I’m about to make it your problem
So
Within the realm of Webkinz World conspiracies, there are two main categories: the capitalist degradation of Ganz morality, and the highly suspicious activity in Webkinz World itself.
In terms of Ganz, many of us experienced this hell bent spin into darkness in real time. It was always a bit capitalist trash—read, you have to buy a new plush every year—but where it really started to go south was the introduction of Deluxe. For those unfamiliar, Deluxe was a type of pet you could buy, and then pay a monthly fee to maintain your “Deluxe Account”. Deluxe came with benefits like extra gifts, some fun exclusive games, an exclusive chat room, nothing big. But then, it grew. Suddenly, a game that had been open to everyone for years was Deluxe only. Sending packages was a Deluxe only privilege. Throwing parties. Using chat rooms at all. Arcade games dropped like flies to the ever widening net of Deluxe. Only a few months later, the world is in lockdown, only available to the elite—the Deluxe. There’s separate grocery stores, and the regular W store is picked over to the bone. Only 3 arcade games available. No access to the newspaper. You can’t get certain jobs. You can’t GO TO SCHOOL. The only thing you can do, really, is go work in the mines for the curio shop. Margaret Thatcher laughs from her grave.
And surely, surely there is a light at the end of this tunnel, right? Surely someone has realized that Webkinz World is a ghost town because kids aren’t interested in being bogged down by bureaucratic impediments. Sort of. Ganz has made an app game. The Webkinz are 3D. Cute, right? WRONG. THEY ARE THE MOST TERRIFYING HELL BEASTS AND THEY HAUNT MY DREAMS.
Also the first one is free but the rest (surprise!) cost money. And what’s the benefit of having two or more pets? Well, each pet has their own “spark”, and you can combine sparks with another pet to create, I kid you not, a baby Webkinz.
So here we are. Capitalism has lead to Webkinz sex. I hope they’re happy.
NOW. IN WORLD. We have many wholesome characters, right? Arte Fact, Chef Gazpacho, Tabby von Meow, etc. but there are two that I’d like to talk about today: Dr. Quack and Ms. Birdy.
For years, these two have had seemingly no connection to one another. The newspapers start to report them hanging out. Sure. Then, Ms. Birdy’s look changes: maybe you remember. Now, in the W newspaper, she says in an interview that she’s just changed her hair, because a certain “old bird” likes it that way. Soon after, Ms. Birdy and Dr. Quack announce that they’re dating. (I’m not making this up, this was all in those newspapers we skipped over.)
Cute, right? WRONG. HIGHLY SUSPECT.
See, the thing about Ms. Birdy’s makeover is that it wasn’t just her hair that changed. It’s her ENTIRE FACIAL STRUCTURE. Most specifically, her beak. Previously, it had a distinctive penguin shape. After, it’s shaped like what? A DUCK.
That leads us to Dr. Quack’s “retirement”. If you log on today and slough through the ads, if you try to go to Dr. Quack’s office, it says “Dr. Quack has discovered a cure for all Webkinz ailments and has retired!” 1) What the hell. 2) WHY IS HIS CLINIC STILL THERE THEN, HM?
I believe that Dr. Quack had an obsession with Ms. Birdy and did some Frankenstein type shit to either entirely reconstruct her face OR got a duck from somewhere and fooled the rest of Webkinz World into thinking she was the same, murdering the true Ms. Birdy in the process. Now he can forever be with his lady love. But someone (my money’s on Quizzy) caught on, and exposed him for his crimes.
They shut down the clinic and either hid him away or executed him. I don’t know if Ms. Birdy still runs the adoption center, but in the app game, it’s an entirely new person, so she’s essentially disappeared, too. An imposter? A traumatized Ms. Birdy brainwashed by a man who took it too far?
And what is this cure for all webkinz? Seems like real convenient timing. All your Webkinz dying if you didn’t get a new one every year was essentially government mandated execution if you fell behind making your payments to upper ring. Were they also making the Webkinz sick? Did Dr. Quack release periodic viruses to maintain clientele, and now has released us all from our hostage diseases?
I don’t have answers to these. But I know that vaguely Scottish bastard is evil somehow. And we may never know the extent of his crimes.
I was scrolling around on TikTok when I found a video with a bunch of artist with their hands in half of their face and insinuating that they'd be from illuminati......
*Deep sigh.* .......
Stick something useful in that nutty head of yours for once, and accept that the illuminati doesn't exist... Please?...
Plz, I can't believe people think an artist like Michael Jackson, Cardi B or Melanie Martinez, whose has work to do, children to take care off and fans to love, would wake up in a bright sunny day at 06:00AM and think: “Yeah, I'm going to join a group that died around 1784-1790, that would be fun!” 🤷🏽♂️
Because if you skipped your history classes, illuminati is nothing more than a group that came around in the Renaissance + Illuminism heyday that was created in 1776 and got dissolved around 1784 - 1790 with catholic persecution against them.
“But they joined the Masonry” I don't know why a probably religious group would give a shit on installing a world wide order of oppression when Christianity already did that.
Dude, wake tf up, we're in 2023 stop believing in conspiracy theories and go care about something that is actually relevant in our society, like global warming, racism, lgbtphobia, nazifascist ideology growing up again...
Goddamnit, wtf is wrong with you people....
Birds cause climate change.
Ever since I was a little kid, I always wondered why birds would travel so far every six months. It seemed a little excessive to me, but I think I’ve finally figured out why.
Birds don’t migrate with the seasons; they run from them.
Birds have one-way lungs. They suck out all of the oxygen from the air and replace it with CO2 at a highly efficient rate. With millions if not billions of birds congregating in a single area, the effects add up.
CO2 traps heat in earth’s atmosphere and causes the temperature to increase -- this is why the seasons change when the birds migrate. They have to run from their oxygen-less environment because they are so sensitive to the atmosphere (it’s why a canary was often used in mines to check for toxic gasses), and create the seasons when they come and go.
This also works with the absolutely true flat earth theory, because it doesn’t require a sphere to explain the seasons.
TLDR; Birds are killing the planet.
>conspiracy theorists’ faces when they see tumblr’s april fools prank
Alex Hirsch is fucking savage and I love it
Tumblr is dying so I turned Steve Quayle (spinda) into a pokemon should I turn Alex Jones into a pokemon too?
Something someone made up I guess. 🙄
Ok I'm gonna say that Maxwell will be murdered by someone ( I won't be surprised if that happens )
2013- “Frozen” releases. MCR leaves.
2019- “Frozen 2” releases. MCR comes back.
Damn Disney really told them to “let it go” then “show yourself” didn’t they.
Lily, as someone with knowledge of singing and vocal technique, I'm hoping you can answer something I've been thinking about since I watched the mini-doc about the creation of Muse.
When Jimin and his crew go back into the bedroom--it's almost midnight, at this point--Jimin says, with some uncertainty, I believe--that the key they've chosen is "quite high." Two keys ahead of the original! Later, the guitarist asks him if he's going to sing it higher and then nods approvingly..."that's art."
But is it really better to sing in such a high key? Would it not have sounded as good in a slightly lower key? Is it the reason for the auto-tune so many people are complaining about?
I thought about this while listening to Be Mine. There's that one line that seems excessively high--so high I feel like it might attract any dogs in the vicinity. Do you think it needs to be/should be that high?
Btw, whatever the key, Be Mine is one of those songs that is deceptively difficult to sing, isn't it? People aren't talking enough about Jimin's vocal prowess here.
i want you to listen to two things. first, listen to the original version of dynamite. then listen to this version:
now tell me which one sounds more like a bts song. the original dynamite was a song in quite a high pitch, and many people agree that the version in a lower pitch sounds more like a bts song.
this concept applies to all songs. some songs sound better at a higher tone, some songs sound better at lower tones. im sure when considering the pitch of who, jimin took two things into consideration:
1) is he capable of singing it live (and we have seen yes he can)
2) what sounds best vocally and instrumentally
im pretty confident jimin chose the right key because of one main reason: it fits perfectly into jimin's vocal sweet spot
we all have vocal sweet spots when we sing and they're not all coherent. for example, i'm really comfortable in my lower-mid range and my high range, but i struggle when it comes to mid-high range. jimin's sweet spot seems to be that very high falsetto/mix that he does in the who prechorus
who is a challenging song to sing, but jimin chose it because he knows his voice and he knows what sounds good. i believe, had he chosen one of the lower pitches, we wouldn't have gotten that resonant note. (jimin also seems to be so proud and confident of his vocals now after taking those lessons and he's been showing it off a lot. a challenging key would the perfect opportunity to show off something he's proud of)
because i love making videos to try to explain things, here's one of who in different keys so you can get a feel for why jimin chose to have to song be that pitch:
im pretty confident the original pitch sounds the best.
now for be mine: yes the prechorus for this song is also absurdly high. like absurdly. the real test on if that was the right key choice for this song is if jimin can sing live (fingers crossed the bonus clip has be mine in it). based on the who performances, i am so confident he can
and yes, be mine is challenging to sing because youre reaching a spot where its hard to even use a falsetto to reach those notes. jimin and i have similar high key ranges and its so incredibly difficult for me to get to those notes and make it sound nice. jimin really saw people ranking him at no. 4 for vocal capabilities in bts and decided to come for his rightful no. 2 spot as a lead vocalist. all the kudos to him, that is a power move if i ever saw one
Important announcement! Dragons are real, alive and well. Ok so hear me out, a dragon is just a winged creature with scales. (Fire breathing is not a requirement because there are elemental dragons among other types so not all dragons breathe fire.) Do you know what else is a winged creature with scales? Butterflies and moths. Therefore, according to our formula for dragons, both butterflies and moths are modern day dragons. You might be thinking to yourself, "I didn't know that butterflies and moths have scales." Well my dear friend they do, their wings are covered in scales which leads me to my next point:
Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue taught us this as kids and we just didn't realize. In the Great Fairy Rescue the fairies are painting the butterflies wings. One of the butterflies gets spooked and flies away before the wings are fully painted. Underneath the paint the butterfly is white. Guess what? If you touch a butterfly, you run the risk of rubbing off it's scales. When the scales come off, white wings are revealed. Honestly, this might be proof that faries are real too.
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